Both the UVF and the UDA have issued statements this morning claiming
to have carried out some decommissioning of their weapons.
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June 27, 2009
Loyalists claim arms moves
June 26, 2009
UDA BEHIND MURDER - PSNI
The PSNI police believes that the unionist paramilitary UDA was involved
in the murder of Catholic community worker Kevin McDaid in Coleraine
last month, it has been revealed.
Row over policing of sectarian marches
The issue of who should police contentious loyalist parades reached a
head this week after dissident republicans accused former Provisional
IRA prisoners of facilitating a coat-trailing sectarian parade through
republican north Belfast.
Immigrants abandon ‘racist statelet’
Intolerance is growing in the Six Counties, with a new survey showing
the isolated statelet increasingly turning inward.
Union Jack to be hoisted over Belfast City Hall
Relatives of people killed by the British Army in the north of Ireland
have protested over official plans for Belfast city council to celebrate
‘British Armed Forces Day’.
Dublin govt admits role in economic crash
Two reports have predicted a huge contraction in the 26-County economy
and surging unemployment next year as Fianna Fail admitted its mistakes
have fuelled the crisis.
Hunger strike furore continues
A meeting to tackle the controversy over the handling of the 1981 hunger
strike has failed to resolve the debate.
A victory to savour
Last week’s judgment in Belfast was a triumph for press freedom across
Europe, according to Sunday Tribune Northern Editor Suzanne Breen.
‘Clarified’ Lisbon Treaty the very same
Despite the predictable media hype, and bogus claims of doing down the
Brits, nothing has changed in terms of the Lisbon Treaty, writes Aengus
O Snodaigh, Sinn Féin Dail spokesman on European affairs.
June 19, 2009
BIGOTS TARGET IMMIGRANTS
More than 100 immigrants were forced to take shelter in a church near
Queen’s University this week after four days of racist attacks by
loyalist thugs from the Village area of south Belfast.
PSNI prosecution of journalist defeated
A journalist has won legal recognition for her right to keep
confidential her sources of information on the ‘Real IRA’ after the
PSNI police had ordered her to surrender her documents.
Britain claims progress on loyalist decommissioning
Suggestions by the British government that unionist paramilitaries have
begun to decommission their weapons are being treated with caution.
You can do it, Adams tells NY audience
Sinn Féin has held the first in a series of international conferences
discussing the issue of Irish unity.
Collusion victims to bring civil case
A nationalist victims’ group has signalled its intention to take an
Omagh-style civil action against senior British government ministers in
connection to state killings of unarmed civilians.
Colonial rents paid for Irish lough
The British Crown is charging rent for the use of Lough Foyle, between
Donegal and Derry, it has emerged.
‘Don’t Extradite the Basques’
The official launch of the Don’t Extradite the Basques Campaign took
place last Wednesday [June 10] in Culturlann MacAdam-O Fiaich in
Belfast.
Time for a realignment in Irish politics
Almost one-third-of-a-million people voted for Sinn Féin candidates
across Ireland in the recent EU elections - the exact figure, 331,797
people.
June 12, 2009
UNIONISM FRACTURES
Sinn Féin headed the poll for the first time in the European elections
in Six Counties while the DUP, poll-topper at every other European
election, had to be content with taking the third seat.
Coalition clings to power
The Dublin government appears determined to cling to power despite its
overwhelming rejection at the hands of voters in the 26 Counties.
Diplock deception continues
The British government timed a decision to announce the retention of
non-jury Diplock courts for a further two years to coincide with one of
the busiest news days of the year.
Prisoner assaulted by ‘delinquent’ warders
A Republican prisoner has been seriously assaulted in his cell in
Maghaberry jail this Wednesday, according to Republican Sinn Féin.
Omagh civil case ends with inquiry call
So-called ‘dissident’ Michael McKevitt has announced he is appealing a
judgment that found him and three other men financially responsible for
the 1998 Omagh bombing.
Appeal to save ‘Foinse’
The only Irish-language newspaper in existence, Foinse, says it may
be forced top cease publication after this weekend.
Shell to Sea Action Alert
Mayo man Pat O’Donnell has had his boat, the ‘Iona Isle’ boarded last
night by armed, masked men and sunk in the latest act of aggression by
Shell OIl & Gas in their attempt to construct a controversial onshore
gas refinery in Belmullet.
Time for DUP to tell their people the truth
The current DUP
position where they work with Sinn Féin, or profess to work alongside
them, while saying they are smashing them, simply invites ridicule.
June 9, 2009
Christy Burke resigns from Sinn Féin
Dublin city councillor Christy Burke has resigned from Sinn Féin, it
has been confirmed. He will remain on the council as an independent.
June 8, 2009
de Brun elected; Ferris, McDonald miss out
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brun’s emphatic re-election today in Belfast
on the first count -- the first time a nationalist party has headed a
Six County election -- has been tempered by the party’s loss of its
sitting MEP in Dublin, Mary Lou McDonald.
June 7, 2009
Ferris in hunt for Euro seat; RSF wins county council seat
In the European elections, the first counts are in and have revealed a
swing to the left.
‘A good election for SF’ - Adams
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said the election had been a good one
for the party and that key gains have been made.
June 6, 2009
Coalition suffers heavy losses
The Dublin coalition government has suffered a major drop in support in
local and European elections, according to early tallies as well as an
exit poll released today.
June 5, 2009
de Brun set to top poll
Early figures for voter turnout in the North’s European Parliament
election are showing a significant drop in the numbers voting, but with
Sinn Fein’s Bairbre de Brun in a clear lead.
June 4, 2009
SF AT HEART OF
ELECTION DEBATE
A relatively lacklustre election campaign in the 26 Counties erupted
into farce in its final days with claims and counter claims among the
establishment parties about ‘what to do with Sinn Féin’.
PSNI man directed murder mob
A member of the PSNI is believed to have been behind last week’s
sectarian loyalist mob assault in Coleraine in which one man died and
another was left critically injured.
Election underway in the North
Voting is underway in the European Parliamentary elections at polling
stations across the North and is being described as “slow”.
McIlveen sentences ‘reasonable’ - ruling
The family of the Catholic schoolboy Michael McIlveen have said they are
“devastated” at a ruling that the jail terms given to his killers were
not too lenient.
UN call for Irish Language Act
The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has
called for the adoption of an Irish language Act.
Brown heave could trigger Westminster election
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is under increasing pressure from
his own MPs and is likely to be ousted, according to reports.
SAS slaughter at Coagh
Three IRA Volunteers were shot dead by undercover British forces
fourteen years ago this week
Electorate assesses value of its vote
This Thursday and Friday the people of Ireland go to the polls in a rare
all-Ireland plebiscite - an election to the European parliament.
